Octave

[Robert Fong-tom]

On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

>
> On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Robert Fong-tom wrote:
>
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>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Robert Fong-tom wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I recently ported Octave successfully but there are some things  
>>>> which
>>>> I don't understand. My understanding is that Aquaterm is a  
>>>> dependency
>>>> of octave and that it would be installed as a part of theh Octave
>>>> port. In fact, when I tried to port Octave the first time it failed
>>>> because I had Aquaterm installed previously. After deleting  
>>>> Aquaterm
>>>> (and all files relating to it) manually, the porting of Octave was
>>>> successful. However, I don't seem to be able to call Aquaterm. A
>>>> number of files relating to Aquaterm was ported along with Octave
>>>> however. Right now I am plotting via X11 but would like to  
>>>> switch to
>>>> plotting via Aquaterm since it produces better looking plots.
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> in your .profile, .bashrc, .xinitrc or what ever shell startup  
>>> script you are using, be sure that GNUTERM is set to "aqua"
>>>
>>> 	set GNUTERM=aqua
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>> I tried the following:
>>
>> In .bashrc:
>> 	export GNUTERM=aqua
>>
>> and in .profile
>>
>> 	# Make aqua the default
>> 	export GNUTERM=aqua
>>
>> 	##
>> 	# Your previous /Users/robert/.profile file was backed up as / 
>> Users/robert/.profile.macports-saved_2008-11-20_at_19:39:45
>> 	##
>>
>> 	# MacPorts Installer addition on 2008-11-20_at_19:39:45: adding  
>> an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
>> 	export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
>> 	# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with  
>> MacPorts.
>>
>>
>> 	# MacPorts Installer addition on 2008-11-20_at_19:39:45: adding  
>> an appropriate DISPLAY variable for use with MacPorts.
>> 	export DISPLAY=:0
>> 	# Finished adapting your DISPLAY environment variable for use  
>> with MacPorts.
>>
>> When I try to plot in Octave I get the following message:
>> 	
>> 	Unknown or ambiguous terminal name 'aqua'
>>
>> Then a long list of invalid gnuplot commands
>>
>> Bob
>
> That is a gnuplot error. Did you install gnuplot from macports as  
> well or is it a pre-existing installation (as was aquaterm)?
>
> In any event, check the version of gnuplot you are running. You can  
> do that by typing "gnuplot --version" in a terminal widow. Just to  
> be sure, you might want to type "system ('gnuplot --version')" at  
> the octave prompt as well.
>
> I'm running the developers version of gnuplot and get the following  
> from the Terminal window
>
> 	$ gnuplot --version
> 	gnuplot 4.3 patchlevel 0

I get:   gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 3
>
> A version > 4.2.2 shoud work fine.
>
> You should also verify it is installed via MacPorts. So type "which  
> gnuplot" in a terminal window. Mine is installed via Fink, so I get  
> the following.
>
> 	$ which gnuplot
> 	/sw/bin/gnuplot

I get:      /opt/local/bin/gnuplot

I think this is OK since macorts put everything in /opt/local
>
> Ben
>
Maybe I should uninstall gnuplot and port it via macports, especially  
since my gnuplot is a rev behind.